About The Word Flycatcher
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Flycatcher
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What's The Definition Of Flycatcher?
[n] large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
[n] any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing Synonyms | Synonyms for Flycatcher: New World flycatcher | Old World flycatcher | true flycatcher | tyrant bird | tyrant flycatcher Related Terms | Find terms related to Flycatcher: See Also | chatterer | Contopus virens | cotinga | family Muscicapidae | firebird | kingbird | Muscicapa grisola | Muscicapa striata | Muscicapidae | Muscivora-forficata | oscine | oscine bird | peewee | peewit | pewee | pewit | phoebe | phoebe bird | Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus | Sayornis phoebe | scissortail | scissortailed flycatcher | spotted flycatcher | superfamily Tyrannidae | thickhead | tyrannid | Tyrannidae | Tyrannus tyrannus | vermillion flycatcher | whistler | wood pewee Flycatcher In Webster's Dictionary \Fly"catch`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects,
which they take on the wing.
Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and
belong to the family {Muscicapid[ae]}, as the spotted
flycatcher ({Muscicapa grisola}). The American
flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and
belong to the family {Tyrannid[ae]}, as the kingbird,
pewee, crested flycatcher ({Myiarchus crinitus}), and
the vermilion flycatcher or churinche ({Pyrocephalus
rubineus}). Certain American flycatching warblers of
the family {Sylvicolid[ae]} are also called
flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher ({Sylvania
Canadensis}), and the hooded flycatcher ({S. mitrata}).
See {Tyrant flycatcher}.
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